Hi there,

I'm kinda interested in gaming, and in gaming space there is a common argument in defence of most popular games, to refer to its Steam ratings (like 'the game has 95% of upvotes, so it means it's great').

I want to ask real sociologists -- can these ratings be even considered as valid sociological data at least in the smallest sense of the word? If it can, why? Or it cannot?

Honestly I'm very tired of this constant 'ad populum' bs. But maybe it has some validity?

What do you think?